becoming dependent on a plane in chinese gave way to europe. starts february 19th on d w. plane . plane. this is e w news live from her legs more cases more deaths as the world prepares to mark a new milestone of nearly 2000000 lives lost from copas 19 d w speaks with frontline medical workers about trauma and hopelessness in the face of the dizzying it's. also coming up rescuers scramble to save people in indonesia

after a fall for earthquake it's the country sort of facing island at least $35.00 hard to add that many more injured. u.s. president elect joe biden unveils plans for a massive new stimulus program along with other measures to counter what he calls the twin crisis of a pandemic and a sinking economy he says the time to act is now at. this might look like a military base but we're actually in the heart of the capitol building the soldiers are resting here they're having land and they're getting prepared for generally trying to integrate into. the u.s. capitol now guarded by thousands of troops because of fears pro trump extremists planned to disrupt joe biden's inauguration we have an in-depth report on the tense wind in washington.

i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program another somber milestone in the coronavirus pandemic today global deaths are expected to hit 2000000 well even as countries race to vaccinate their populations the covert 1000 death toll continues to rise at an alarming rate new variants of the corona virus which scientists believe are more transmissible have been blamed for a surge in infections across the world countries are facing a 2nd or 3rd wave with many governments tightening lockdowns already in place now one country that has been plunged into crisis by a new strain of the coronavirus is the united kingdom there are the number of cases and deaths has been skyrocketing since december and hospitals are overwhelmed with covert patients and as a result are no longer able to carry out operations as charlotte's health and pill reports this is taking a huge toll mentally physically both on the population and on the medical workers trying to save lives i've never seen save money and it is disappearing and i've

never suspected such extended periods of time with people waiting for a space though. we will speak for which the record to preach is calling our group of irish the night people of every region and that has more people in hospital now than they did in the 1st wave in the spring. you know pretty sweet for an hour or double the number of patients for 7 and an admitting the kremlin and a really big hospital every single day whilst having high numbers of stuff from livestock who are sick or isolating or tested positive themselves. i've just finished 10 days of isolation because my wife tested positive she's also a paramedic the patent protection period that we were wearing was from our perspective not quite enough and a number of our friends and colleagues were the same situation and they've also tested positive over the last few weeks. i think the impact of the. image

it is just. more factious 150 percent more factious where we were at the beginning of the service thinking we had stored some of the we had the surge in numbers so huge with the proof of the legend that we've been spared and that's we will sit here and spread so easily expose that while for the score to sort by surprise the new variant just made it absolutely explode and again you know we waited too long to stand down it is still more to come from this wave of the pandemic which spread if you. look at what we're seeing fall people being admitted seeing intensive care units that are now becoming overwhelmed synopses in the southeast and now canceling a cold 28 day cancer stagings and the people he had surgeries cancel and now having to add knowing that he was carrying and for some of them by the time safe again

they might not be operable anymore and that they have lost that when you know it's i mean that to me is a kind of kind of mental torture at. the polls will. be a lot of people that for the very top one of my friends said he was just helping someone having a panic attack the other day that people are having nightmares about it really hard thing about big stuck a hospital for 5 hours is that over time that you know that your behavior your colleagues in the control room hosking for ambulances to be available to get you to other imagine seasons of people that need your help and you can't get that constantly in a situation where they know that not doing the best for the patients that are trying to pass but i just know i position to be able to do that and that's something that people are wrestling with quite a loss of is knowing that you know bit vague they might have better to do some more if they had a right to have a day they might have been able to. change the outcome for

a particular patient bunch shorts having a toll walking down the country but i don't think we have a choice which is to help us. true and that's really true and we're trying to do that in. crucial were these people who feel that we're in is hot and it is taking its toll but we know you will be doing the best we can to say some things. if we didn't go out there more people would die and would suffer as a result of not having. people working on the front line. and meanwhile germany has passed the 2000000 mark in recorded coronavirus cases it comes as chancellor angela merkel pushes for an even stricter lockdown merkel has told top officials from her party that she wants quick action to stop the spread of worrying of a worrying new virus variant according to reports she wants to bring forward a crisis meeting to next week while germany was initially less badly affected than its neighbors a sharp rise in deaths has seen

a daily pro-capital mortality since mid december often exceeding that of the worst hit country the us. let's bring in chief political correspondent linda cray melinda germany is under a hard lockdown right now why this high number of cases than. well because the measures that are in place have been imposed on a largely piecemeal basis and arguably consistently a little bit too too little and a little bit too late so it was only in mid december for example that germany decided to close non-essential businesses bars restaurants and to send pupils home from school on a longer than normal christmas break school still have not resumed physical meetings classes in session and there are still measures in place to limit to

meetings between households and people until the end of december but the fact is if you look at the numbers mobility that means the number of people taking inner city transport buses and trains still remain significantly higher than it was during germany's 1st lock down when it did quite well in controlling the virus many people are still going to their workplaces despite the fact that some are in home office and therefore experts say that may be one of the reasons that explains why despite the fact that these hard lock down measures are now in place we still aren't seeing those numbers come down and given all of those factors. you know what is the plan now going forward or is there a plan going forward to help decrease the rising numbers. well you mentioned the chancellor the chancellor's concern in fact her advisors are quoting her as saying germany is in a race against time particularly given the new mutation that makes the virus more

transmissible so one thing she wants to do is bring forward the next crisis meeting with the heads of the federal straight states it was planned for the end of january now she wants to have that meeting next week and there are various measures that are being discussed for example because of the mobility issue that i mentioned possibly shutting down inner city transport and and also trains in order to decrease mobility there's also some discussion of closing borders as was done in march that is being done by some other european countries but so far not germany chief political correspondent melinda crane thank you melinda. in other developments in the pandemic france is to impose a nationwide 6 pm curfew starting on saturday from next week everyone travelling to france from outside the e.u. will have to show a negative test and then isolate for 7 days the u.k. has banned travelers from south america and portugal over concerns about

a virus variant that has emerged in brazil it comes as brazil's health minister says hospitals in the amazonian city of men ousts are running out of oxygen to treat cope with 19 patients. turkey meantime has kicked off its coronavirus vaccination program using a vaccine developed in china turkish president wretch of type heritable on was one of the 1st to receive the jab and initial 250000 people were vaccinated on thursday after a vaccine developed by chinese company c. nowak was given approval a day earlier and turkey has received an initial 3000000 doses of the vaccine and has secured a total of 15000000 doses studies conducted in brazil suggest that see novak vaccine is only 50 percent effective let's go to turkey where correspondent yulia han is standing by so yulia what more can you tell us about

this start of the nationwide vaccination campaign in turkey. he was planning to roll out vaccinations in mid december so this is been a late start and the government has come under fire for that especially since turkey is among the 10 countries worldwide with the highest number of daily infections but now they are administering shots with a surprising speed about hall for a 1000000 turkish health workers have already received their initial dose of the 1st 2 since the complaint kicked off yesterday that's according to health ministry data now to talk to is and no this is the vaccination of will be completed within a few days and then they say they will move on to the next group that includes those aged 65 and older now as you mentioned the backbone of turkey's vaccination drive is the china made scene of a vaccine it's called corona. gave emergency approval this week despite slick

ting data about its efficacy we have several trials worldwide and while turkish research is in december said it's 91 percent effective based on interim data more robust stater from brazil this week showed it was showing just a general efficiency of 50.4 percent according to w h send that's that's very enough for regulatory approval still the government says the vaccine is safe and it's reliable and how about the mood of the country right now because you lou we've been seeing news reports from all over the world really we have to say the level of vaccine skepticism among many citizens out there what is the situation in turkey in that regard. well a turkish officials are urging people to endorse the vaccination campaign we've seen images of the ticket health minister president and one himself rolling up their sleeves in front of the t.v.

cameras urged people yesterday told people not to heed to criticism about the vaccine i guess that's because he knows there is quite some skepticism out there especially when it comes to the chinese that may jab i talk to people here in istanbul let's listen to what they had to say. of course i would like to get the vaccine but not as one of the 1st people that i want to see if it works 1st time i've got a new student you got me the news that you know i don't trust the vaccine from china and i won't get it because we don't know whether it's safe. i think it doesn't matter who produces the vaccine as long as it works i trust the chinese there won't be a problem. everyone should get vaccinated just soon as possible in order to stop the spread of the virus is enormously conducive to ok so some mixed views there from the public. tell us a little bit more about the plan from the government i mean is there talk that this

will be voluntary only or is there also perhaps the option that it could go compulsory if there's a significant portion of the population to refuse it. well so far there is no major debate about making vaccinations mandatory compulsory this remains to be seen of course but i think the bigger question that will come up eventually like in germany is the question will there be enough doses to vaccinate everyone who wants to get vaccinated so far we only have 3000000 doses of the vaccine here on the ground in turkey they are expecting more to arrive soon a turkey is also in talks with russia about its sputnik 5 vaccine they have secured 4500000 doses of the pfizer by intacta vaccine it's set to arrive by the end of march and turkey also says it's developing a domestic attorney present edwin says he expects it to be available in may so i think the availability of the vaccine will soon be

a big question here for turkey to you leon in istanbul thank you it's going to look at some other stories making news around the world ugandan opposition leader bobby wine has claimed victory in the presidential election saying that he had filmed proof of fraud during voting early results put president yoweri was 70 on 63 percent while wind trails with 28 percent final results are expected on saturday a government imposed internet blackout remains in place until further notice. north korea has held a military parade to celebrate the end of the country's party congress it was the 2nd such parade in just a few months and showcased soldiers marching and artillery pieces. reports say that it included ballistic missiles that can be fired from a submarine. a powerful earthquake has killed at least 35 people and injured

hundreds more on indonesian's island of basi many buildings have been severely damaged and rescuers fear more dead and injured are buried in the rubble authorities are warning that strong aftershocks could also trigger a tsunami if you know what i'm about it. is about trapped under the rubble this person tells rescue workers she can barely hear the woman next to her breathing wasn't really. a powerful quake struck just struck to midnight causing many to flee in the darkness. in the morning those left in the hardest hit city of moment you woke up to scenes like these this is what was left of the local hospital where rescue operation is now underway. as you can see behind me from this hospital we have retrieved 2 dead victims we are

still trying to find more victims in the rubble but we don't know yet if they are still alive or not. some people have been recovered from the dead but it's a vast operation as many as half the buildings in mamadou city have either collapsed or are posh and damaged and there are fears that strong aftershocks us don't to come. and among the also salaam must be the aftershocks a still happening. to our analysis from local data that we do recorded as well as historical data we believe this still potential for more strong aftershocks small on the seas just like what happened at midnight. i'm done young compulsive salaam. jungle lot so hope they didn't have you got. to now many fearing the

aftershocks are choosing to stay on high ground wondering if they'll have homes to go back to. u.s. president elect joe biden has outlined a $1.00 trillion dollars coronavirus an economic recovery plan if passed by congress it includes one trillion dollars for households and over $400000000000.00 to combat the pentameter directly including accelerating current vaccine programs and support for businesses so he's previously promised 100000000 vaccines in the 1st 100 days of his presidency biden acknowledged his plans high price tag but said that the country couldn't afford to do anything less it's not hard to see there were in the middle of a once in several generations economic crisis with a once in several generations public health crisis of spring indeed have used peter all that has been following all of the developments in the united states for

a supporter tell us a little bit more about the plan and some of the challenges in getting it through. right i mean this is by bringing the big bazooka to fight the pandemic and to put this in perspective really we're looking at 2 trillion dollars that's more than double the stimulus that the obama biden and stray she passed in 2009 during the great recession one of the big criticisms back then was that they simply did not do enough to help average americans and it seems that joe biden has learned his lesson from that financial crisis which is go big or go home this cold serious package is a sweeping very ambitious plan that's in double squarely abstracting americans were looking at things like $2000.00 check for vitamin e. get relief for families and also once increase jobless benefits prevent landlords from kicking out americans who can't pay their rent and also raise the minimum wage to $15.00 a lot more so in the package one plane really wants to put these measures in place through september so

a clear message that the incoming president does not expect this pandemics went in time since exactly and given that you know this economic crisis has been triggered by the coronavirus pandemic indeed peter he he's also promising to deliver americans through the pentameter with a very ambitious covert 19 vaccination rollout just walk us through what he plans and whether that is also feasible. right i mean by no said that he hopes to lower a 100000000 back shot in the 1st 100 days that's almost 10 times what america the government has administered change the rollout began a month ago as you know that's a very very ambitious plan that's all destined to be hampered by the outgoing trumpet ministration which according to reports really has been stonewalling divined of ministration it also requires a level of national guard in asia and that the trump administration is actively discouraged as you hinted out there the big question is whether biden will be able to even get you know congressional support for this democrats will control the

senate but biden would like to pass his 1st big bill with bipartisan support and that's a big if because at the same time biden's trying to passes the senate will also be busy with you know people troll against trucks and that's all the guarantee to keep in the partisan divide in washington peter stay with us we want to bring our viewers up to date on another aspect of the story because ahead of joe biden's inauguration next week security in the u.s. capital has been stepped up to unprecedented levels more than 20000 soldiers are being too deployed to prevent a repeat of the kind of violence seen last week in the capitol building carolina chinoy reports from washington now where the measures are being met with mixed reaction from residents. you shall not pass that seems to be the message all around the capital seoul 2 years from the national

guard have to light up this. first came the fence then the barricades were expecting our own 20000 soldiers from the national guard in washington d.c. on an operation day sam have a raid lined up behind me the city has never seen something like that and people they are scared of the city is even clearly. on inauguration day one danger is too dangerous. scary you're supposed to be there at all you know for that is very good marker. we've come through this with thoughts like this a creepy that they've done since wednesday is definitely needed and i do feel better about it but i think that the brightest still there at the current is shaky i just want to make sure that this time that they're actually doing their job to protect the city as opposed to you know they have a pair like lester. behind the fence it's all hands on deck. and soldiers from 11 states have arrived in washington d.c.

they are organizing their equipment checking their weapons and getting ready in case violence returns to the city. they still don't know for how long they will stay deployed here. but the ones who spoke to us said they are proud to be here and to defend their democracy. but it's also a logistical challenge. for now they're waiting this might look like a military base but we're actually in the heart of the capital building but soldiers are resting here they're having lunch and they're getting prepared for generally trying to inauguration day. nobody knows what awaits them. the bolts still bear signs of last week's riots.

not 100 or. preferred. for her. and now they are here to fix it. peter is back with us peter just briefly what's the latest on the prospect of further unrest. seen on social media that there has been a lot of planning among the most ardent trump supporters to have war protest ahead of the you know creation this comes amid reports that a lot of the people that took part in the protests are generally sticks were actually on the f.b.i.'s terrorist watch list and a lot of them white supremacist this as a country is just days away from the not ration of its 1st black vice presidents who are reminder if any was needed of the deep divisions resends means that the incoming administration is going to be up against acetate office next week as peter

valetta thank you. if you sports news for you now in the behavior of professional footballers is under close scrutiny during the 2nd wave of the coronavirus pandemic in europe with many stars widely criticized for the physicality of their goal celebrations others think that the accusations are unfair given that players cannot be expected to socially distance during the rough and tumble of a game. when elite european football resumed after its coronavirus hiatus back in may players were careful not to over celebrate they had been told not to hold or shake hands. fast forward several months and coronavirus is as big a threat as ever it football seems to have forgotten the guidelines social media in germany and elsewhere is a buzz with criticism. in england a host of premier league players have tested positive and several games have been postponed the league and even the government of us players to tone down their celebrations. now of course they have special arrangements to ensure the players

are. safe now testing regime for instance but i do think that it's important 'd that i've really respect not just the letter but the spirit of the rules this is actually the spirit of the rules that simple. but many football coaches believe it is unrealistic to expect players to rein in their emotions the real moment of joy like we were all the time all the teams all the clubs through the moment that we scored a goal say the players don't charge you go and celebrated together. is an interesting reaction so is difficult so i don't know we will be able to good. some football fans also feel sorry for the players there can be no social distancing when going in for a tackle. or when most players are in the box for a corner so what makes goal celebrations any different. but amid the empty stands critics

a professional for. ball is in europe should recognise how privileged they are the top leagues are able to keep playing during the pandemic when grassroots ball and other forms of entertainment abound. governing bodies are now considering sanctioning clubs if players do not set a better example. football has been warmed. up next more on biden's economic plan and business news i'm sarah kelly in berlin thank you for watching.

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